Re: Which Linux version should I install?

[LeeUKHA <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd vote Ubuntu, been using it for a year, on the desktop and several
servers,

BUT for the love of God nooooooooooo...

Please don't use Automatix, it may be easy and get lot's of things
working, but if it errors (and it tends to) your install will be left a
smoking wreak...

EasyUbuntu is much better, but for the official way of doing things see
this page -

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

It's _one_ line to type into the command line...

Regards,
Lee



> Ubuntu (or Kubuntu, though don't get too hung up on which you want,
you
> can have both KDE and gnome on the same system) is a good start.  It
> rates highly in the working-out-of-the-box stakes, as well as having
> squillions of applications available in the package manager and an
> active community answering newbie questions.
>
> Once you get it installed, the program 'Automatix' will take the work
> out of installing all the codecs and things that are notably absent
from
> the distribution for licensing reasons.
>
> Ubuntu will run as a live CD, so you can have a play before you even
> install, but bear in mind that it's artificially slow in this mode.
>
>
> Kim.
>
>